Little Hocking, OH
Little Hocking, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Little Hocking at the 33rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 203 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Little Hocking at the 35th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Little Hocking's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Little Hocking's buildings (55.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Little Hocking compares
Little Hocking's 73rd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 33rd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Little Hocking ranks 20,998 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,742 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 341 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Little Hocking and the insurance market
Little Hocking's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Little Hocking's 55.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Little Hocking's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Little Hocking's 20,998-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Little Hocking's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.